Director Martin Campbell is scheduled toconclude principal photography on Casino Royalein the Czech Republic at the end of May. The final shots will take place in Czech spa town Karlovy Vary, which will double as Montenegro.

Bond franchise holders EON Productions are workingwith MGM and Columbia Pictures on the film, which started shooting January 30.

MGM executives toured the set of Casino Royalein Prague on April 6. In town to promote the planned launch of the MGM Channel in central Europe,MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan, COO Rick Sands, MGM Networks executive VPBruce Tuchman and others toured Barrandov Studiossound stages where Campbell was filming a critical gambling scene between JamesBond, played by Daniel Craig, and villain Le Chiffre,played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen.

Although Bond and Le Chiffreplay baccarat in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, the game will be Texas Hold 'Em poker in the 21st Bond film.

Casino Royale's filmingin the Bahamas wrapped April 5. The Caribbean location stands in for Madagascar,where Casino Royale begins with Bond chasingdown and apparently killing a villain.

From Prague,filming will move to Venice for exteriors for five days, after which it returns to Pinewood Studiosin the UK. The climactic action scenes will make use of the water tank onPinewood's 007 stage. The existing tank is being madedeeper for Casino Royale, growing from acurrent depth of 8 feet to 20 feet.

Columbia will release the film on November 17.

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